The Bavarian mountain village of Mitterfirmiansreut has opened a house of worship made of snow and ice to commemorate a similar church that took shape in the country 100 years ago.
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Village Opens Snow Church in Bavaria
The Bavarian mountain village of Mitterfirmiansreut has opened a house of worship made of snow and ice to commemorate a similar church that took shape in the country 100 years ago.Top 10: World’s most spectacular modern churches
A Christmas list of avant garde places to worship, from Germany to Japan and America to the Ivory CoastA Christmas list of avant garde places to worship, from Germany to Japan and America to the Ivory Coast
The Trouble With Church Preservation
When it comes to the holy trinity of art, architecture, and religion, few buildings are more significant than the 1898 Methodist Church in Norwalk, Connecticut.
See-through church, Limburg/Belgium by Gijs Van Vaerenbergh
Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, a collaboration between young Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs (Leuven, 1983) and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh (Leuven, 1983), have built a see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw.Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, a collaboration between two young Belgian architects have built a see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw. The church is a part of the Z-OUT project of Z33, house for contemporary art based in Hasselt, Belgium.
Church of Senhora da Boa Nova, Estoril / Portugal by Roseta Vaz Monteiro Architects
The site’s name was the End of the World. It held the remains of one of the city’s last slums. The local community challenged us to create a new identity in order to rescue the site from its negative stigma.
Martin Luther Church Hainburg, Austria by COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
In less than a year a protestant church together with a sanctuary, a church hall and supplementary spaces was built in the centre of the Lower Austrian town Hainburg, at the site of a predecessor church that doesn’t exist anymore since the 17th century.
BIG WINS THE COMPETITION TO DESIGN A MAJOR ISLAMIC CULTURAL CENTER IN ALBANIA
BIG, Martha Schwartz Landscape, Buro Happold , Speirs & Major, Lutzenberger & Lutzenberger, and Global Cultural Asset Management are today announced as the winning team of the international design competition for a new 27.000 m2 cultural complex in Albania, consisting of a Mosque, an Islamic Centre, and a Museum of Religious Harmony.
Chapel of St.Lawrence, Vanta / Finland by Avanto Architects Ltd / Ville Hara & Anu Puustinen
The Vantaa Parish Union held an open architectural competition in the spring of 2003 for the design of a new chapel in the vicinity of the historic Church of St. Lawrence. The area has been classified as a nationally important cultural environment. The winning entry, out of 194 proposals, was “Polku” (“Path”) by Avanto Architects.
SUNSET CHAPEL, Mexico by BNKR Arquitectura
BNKR Arquitectura just completed a stunning chapel that overlooks the Acapulco Bay in Mexico.
MERITXELL Sanctuary, Andorra by Ricardo Bofill
On the evening of a popular holiday in 1972 the ancient Romanesque Sanctuary caught fire and was destriyed. The building complex were left in blackened ruins, survived only by the original apse and vaulting over the altar and laterday belltower…
COMMUNITY CHURCH KNARVIK, Norway by REIULF RAMSTAD ARKITEKTER
The Church of Knarvik holds an important position as a cultural provider and a communicator for the Christian message and community, on holidays and during every day.
RRA Wins Invited Competition for “New Church In Knarvik”
Norwegian firm RRA has been announced the winner of the limited competition for Knarvik kirke; a new church for the local municipality of Knarvik, near Bergen on behalf of Commissioner; The Lindås Ecumenical council.
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